CVE-2026-119134

Wasmtime before 36.0.18, 37.0.0 before 48.0.6, and 49.0.0 before 49.0.3 Unbounded Memory Growth via Component-Model Resource Handles

Published Oct 29, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 6.9 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Wasmtime before 36.0.18, 37.0.0 before 48.0.6, and 49.0.0 before 49.0.3 caps component-model resource handle tables only per component instance and does not charge handle allocations to any ResourceLimiter or StoreLimits. A malicious guest can repeatedly call resource.new and instantiate sub-components to exceed the per-instance cap many times over, causing unbounded host memory growth.

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Wasmtime before 36.0.18, 37.0.0 before 48.0.6, and 49.0.0 before 49.0.3 caps component-model resource handle tables only per component instance and does not charge handle allocations to any ResourceLimiter or StoreLimits. A malicious guest can repeatedly call resource.new and instantiate sub-components to exceed the per-instance cap many times over, causing unbounded host memory growth.
Title Wasmtime before 36.0.18, 37.0.0 before 48.0.6, and 49.0.0 before 49.0.3 Unbounded Memory Growth via Component-Model Resource Handles
First Time appeared Bytecodealliance
Bytecodealliance wasmtime
Weaknesses CWE-770
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:bytecodealliance:wasmtime:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Bytecodealliance
Bytecodealliance wasmtime
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
VulnCheck
Published
Updated
Oct 29, 2026, 8:14 PM
Reserved
Oct 29, 2026, 2:26 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Oct 29, 2026, 4:18 PM
Modified
Oct 29, 2026, 9:17 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Oct 29, 2026, 3:58 PM